> No government agency with control over space. Outsource everything.
Because that has worked so well with defense contracting.
All you end up with is 1-2 corporations with the knowledge necessary to compete on space projects, and contracts that alternate back and forth between the two, and a budget that includes not only money to go to space but also money to fund a set of corporate executives and corporate lobbying and corporate private jets and so on.
Highest paid person at NASA - about $200,000/year (flies coach)
Highest paid person at Lockheed - about $50,000,000/year (doesn't even count the corporate jets)
Because that has worked so well with defense contracting.
All you end up with is 1-2 corporations with the knowledge necessary to compete on space projects, and contracts that alternate back and forth between the two, and a budget that includes not only money to go to space but also money to fund a set of corporate executives and corporate lobbying and corporate private jets and so on.
Highest paid person at NASA - about $200,000/year (flies coach)
Highest paid person at Lockheed - about $50,000,000/year (doesn't even count the corporate jets)